shoulders were slumped and even her walk looked sad.
It was as if they had decided to up and move to a new town and were getting to know the neighbourhood and the people in it, registering with the doctor seemed such a normal thing to do, yet it wasn’t normal, because they were not here by choice, for choices were few and far between in Underwood, you only had to look at the people’s faces to realise that.
They approached the reception at the medical Centre, Joanne James a pretty girl in her forties manned the desk, she smiled at them as they approached, but it appeared that she was making an effort to be polite deduced Eileen, Joanne pushed her long hair behind her ears which immediately fell back over her face,
‘Good morning’ she said, greeting them, ‘please take a seat the doctor will be with you in a moment’
‘She didn’t even ask our names’ said Eileen as they took a seat, she looked at the surroundings around her, it seemed pleasant enough, just like a normal doctors waiting room, with posters on the wall explaining symptoms, but they looked dated, what was clearly noticeable is that they were the only one in the doctors,
‘Don’t expect they get many gate crashers around here’ Peter replied, the bitterness in his voice showing, most of the night he had lay awake thinking about trying to get out of the place, he knew soon he would have to face the woods, he could see no other way, then he was going to blow this place wide open, tell the world how it is.
Lily and Nathan just sat still, still unaware what was really going on, Nathan thought that his father would sort it, and soon they would be home, he even thought about school and how nice it would be to be there, something he never thought he would hear himself say, ‘why had dad taken us here ’he would constantly ask himself, he could never find the answers, inside he was scared, he didn’t want to show it, but there were to many things going on inside his head, and he was scared of the woods, he kept telling himself ‘there’s monsters in those woods’ , that’s all he dreamed about the night before and probably all he would dream about in the nights to come.
Lily, her feelings in side were mixed between terror and anger, terror in what the future held, and the anger in the way these people had treated her and her family, she felt like she wanted to shout and scream and hit out at everyone she saw, she was also concerned for her little brother who had become withdrawn, her mother seemed on the edge of hysteria, and she couldn’t cope with that, she needed her mother to be strong, at least as strong as she was, she knew her dad was trying to find the answers, so she had to be strong for him, she had to help him find a way out of this shitty place, who else was going to help him?.
Dr. David Harris was in his treatment room, 4 forms in front of him, all to be filled in with the details of the people who were sat in the waiting room, Underwood’s only doctor, and luckily for him, because of that he was given lots of privileges and vouchers, other than those at the maternity he was the only one with medical experience, a good doctor, one with empathy, he had been the only doctor in Underwood for as long as he could remember, the years when his surgery used to be full were a distant memory, and for a normal doctor having a near empty surgery should be a good thing, but it wasn’t, the deal in Underwood seemed to be you were either fit or dead, nobody seemed to get ill but plenty seemed to die, he wondered why they needed a doctor at all, as empty as his surgery was he certainly didn’t want to register new patients.
He recalled the last new residents to underwood a few years back, and the sad ending that had occurred, and he chastised himself when he couldn’t remember their names, he remembered the faces, he could still see their faces, a husband, a wife and a son, but they were dead now, not even a grave to honour
It was as if they had decided to up and move to a new town and were getting to know the neighbourhood and the people in it, registering with the doctor seemed such a normal thing to do, yet it wasn’t normal, because they were not here by choice, for choices were few and far between in Underwood, you only had to look at the people’s faces to realise that.
They approached the reception at the medical Centre, Joanne James a pretty girl in her forties manned the desk, she smiled at them as they approached, but it appeared that she was making an effort to be polite deduced Eileen, Joanne pushed her long hair behind her ears which immediately fell back over her face,
‘Good morning’ she said, greeting them, ‘please take a seat the doctor will be with you in a moment’
‘She didn’t even ask our names’ said Eileen as they took a seat, she looked at the surroundings around her, it seemed pleasant enough, just like a normal doctors waiting room, with posters on the wall explaining symptoms, but they looked dated, what was clearly noticeable is that they were the only one in the doctors,
‘Don’t expect they get many gate crashers around here’ Peter replied, the bitterness in his voice showing, most of the night he had lay awake thinking about trying to get out of the place, he knew soon he would have to face the woods, he could see no other way, then he was going to blow this place wide open, tell the world how it is.
Lily and Nathan just sat still, still unaware what was really going on, Nathan thought that his father would sort it, and soon they would be home, he even thought about school and how nice it would be to be there, something he never thought he would hear himself say, ‘why had dad taken us here ’he would constantly ask himself, he could never find the answers, inside he was scared, he didn’t want to show it, but there were to many things going on inside his head, and he was scared of the woods, he kept telling himself ‘there’s monsters in those woods’ , that’s all he dreamed about the night before and probably all he would dream about in the nights to come.
Lily, her feelings in side were mixed between terror and anger, terror in what the future held, and the anger in the way these people had treated her and her family, she felt like she wanted to shout and scream and hit out at everyone she saw, she was also concerned for her little brother who had become withdrawn, her mother seemed on the edge of hysteria, and she couldn’t cope with that, she needed her mother to be strong, at least as strong as she was, she knew her dad was trying to find the answers, so she had to be strong for him, she had to help him find a way out of this shitty place, who else was going to help him?.
Dr. David Harris was in his treatment room, 4 forms in front of him, all to be filled in with the details of the people who were sat in the waiting room, Underwood’s only doctor, and luckily for him, because of that he was given lots of privileges and vouchers, other than those at the maternity he was the only one with medical experience, a good doctor, one with empathy, he had been the only doctor in Underwood for as long as he could remember, the years when his surgery used to be full were a distant memory, and for a normal doctor having a near empty surgery should be a good thing, but it wasn’t, the deal in Underwood seemed to be you were either fit or dead, nobody seemed to get ill but plenty seemed to die, he wondered why they needed a doctor at all, as empty as his surgery was he certainly didn’t want to register new patients.
He recalled the last new residents to underwood a few years back, and the sad ending that had occurred, and he chastised himself when he couldn’t remember their names, he remembered the faces, he could still see their faces, a husband, a wife and a son, but they were dead now, not even a grave to honour
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